Chapter 380: 30x Gravity! Is Xu Jingming

"A typical fourth-rank upper-tier enhancement-type adept can usually withstand about 18 times gravity."

"Xu Jingming is a lightning-type adept; the gravity multiplier he can endure is much lower—probably no more than seven or eight times?"

"I heard he also cultivates body-strengthening combat techniques; shouldn't he at least handle over ten times gravity?"

"Indeed, this multiplier should be about right."

"......"

A typical adult adept, even a slightly muscular one, weighs only around eighty to ninety kilograms.

With eighteen times gravity, the weight amounts to just 1620 kilograms.

This weight isn't even challenging for a fourth-rank adept— even a first-rank peak adept could lift it easily.

But gravity isn't a weight carried on the back—it acts evenly on every single cell of the body!

Though adepts have robust physiques, their internal organs remain extremely fragile.

Thus, even an upper-tier fourth-rank enhancement-type adept can withstand barely under twenty times gravity!

As for Xu Jingming, the lightning-type adept,

most trainees in the training hall guessed he could endure only about ten or so times gravity.

"Ding, access granted. Welcome, student Xu Jingming, to the gravity experience room."

"You now have thirty minutes of free usage time."

Amid countless gazes, Xu Jingming pulled out his student ID and swiped it at the door.

Identity verified, he entered the gravity room.

The gravity room's door opened,

and he stepped into the opened gravity room.

His gaze swept the room, revealing its entire layout at a glance.

Except for the right wall, all other walls and the ceiling were constructed from alloy.

The right wall, though transparent, was not glass.

It was made of an unknown material, appearing extremely thick.

"Respected student Xu Jingming, how many times gravity do you require?" A mechanical voice echoed in the gravity room.

"Five times."

For his first time using the gravity room, Xu Jingming chose a relatively conservative multiplier.

Hum~~

As soon as he spoke, a soft sound came, and he immediately felt his entire body grow significantly heavier.

This heaviness wasn't strong—even could be called weak.

"This is five times gravity? I don't feel much at all."

Xu Jingming murmured, "Increase the gravity multiplier—add another ten times!"

Boom!!

The next instant, fifteen times gravity bore down on Xu Jingming.

He could feel the pressure on his skin, bones, even his heart and lungs—pressure he had never experienced before!

Yet even this immense gravity caused not the slightest tremor in his body.

The gravity multiplier set inside the room was visible to those outside.

Thus, when they saw Xu Jingming immediately set it to fifteen times gravity, a murmur spread through the crowd.

"Xu Jingming's physical condition is impressive!"

"Obviously—he won the national university league's solo championship; he's got some physique."

"Fifteen times gravity? Impressive! Xu Jingming really has some skill."

"......"

Because the five viscera and six bowels are too fragile,

even robust adepts

need time to adapt when first experiencing the gravity room, then gradually increase the multiplier.

Xu Jingming jumped straight to fifteen times gravity—and his body didn't waver at all.

This clearly indicated this wasn't his limit.

"But twenty times should be about enough—anything higher, and he'd likely be crushed to the ground."

Twenty times gravity was the highest guess most present adepts made for Xu Jingming.

Yet Xu Jingming inside the gravity room was unsatisfied.

Even at fifteen times gravity, I still don't feel much at all...

"Double it! I want thirty times gravity!"

Boom!!

Gravity increased again!

This time, Xu Jingming's shoulders dipped slightly—he finally felt some pressure.

Outside, a large group of adepts, including Lin Hui, fixed their gazes on this spot.

Seeing the displayed multiplier jump to thirty times, their expressions froze, then erupted into stunned exclamations.

"What the hell? Who taught him to use the gravity room like this? He just doubled the previous multiplier in one go!"

"That's indeed bold, but at least he held on."

"Only a fifth-rank enhancement-type adept should be able to withstand thirty times gravity—how can Xu Jingming's physique be this strong?!"

"......"

Although the gravity chamber is a place meant for cultivation, if it isn't used properly, it can become extremely dangerous.

After all, gravity is everywhere; once it's raised beyond what your body can bear—

—the instantaneous pressure could crush you and leave you gravely injured!

So much so that you'd be unable to call out and adjust the gravity multiplier back, and would be pressed to death right here in the gravity chamber!

Therefore, among the warning notices posted beside the gravity chamber, one of them reads: do not increase the gravity multiplier by too much at one time.

But Xu Jingming not only increased it—he doubled it!

What's more, even after it was raised to 30x gravity, Xu Jingming was completely fine!

"I could handle 30x gravity too, but I'd only be forcing myself through it.

I wouldn't be able to do any training movements, so it wouldn't mean anything.

Xu Jingming is probably in the same boat—just trying to test his own weight-bearing limit."

A mid-tier fifth-stage Enhancer student shook his head.

But the moment his words fell, he was proven wrong.

Inside the training room, Xu Jingming was moving his body with complete ease, even jumping a few times.

He didn't look like he was forcing himself at all.

"Holy crap, you're a fourth-stage upper-tier Lightning user.

Being able to withstand 30x gravity is already impressive, but you can actually jump? Are you trying to leave the rest of us with any face?!"

One student's eyes went wide, his face full of disbelief.

"Brother Xu's physique is actually this strong?"

Lin Hui, who was in the crowd, also froze for a moment.

He had once seen Xu Jingming slay a peak fifth-stage ability user from Sakura Country with his own eyes inside a relic space.

But he had only assumed it was because of the SS-rank ability boost.

He never expected Xu Jingming's physique to actually be stronger than some fifth-stage mid-tier ability users who possessed A-rank Enhancer abilities!

"Training under 30x gravity does indeed produce better results than training under normal gravity…"

Inside the gravity chamber, after moving around a bit, Xu Jingming could feel some pressure.

But it was still far from touching the limit of his physical body!

So he said again: "Keep raising the number. This time, I want 60x gravity!"

PS: Happy New Year's Eve to all you reader-bosses. I've been way too busy over the holiday period, so updates will be fewer.

No matter how many chapters I owe, I'll keep track and make them up later…